Empire Newsletter

Kado’s founder Emery Andrew spoke to Blockworks about the acquisition and what’s next for the team

LayerZero’s Bryan Pellegrino chatted with Blockworks about the firm’s next steps and its 10-year runway

“Be prepared to do more with less,” Framework Ventures’ Michael Anderson said

Q1 may have been “frustrating,” but things are looking brighter for Q2

A Blockworks Research report looked at how Hyperliquid has maintained its hype and how it can build out its businesses

Dragonfly’s Rob Hadick discussed how the firm is approaching investments in the current market

Taking a look at the biggest stablecoin players and where they stand

Both CeFi and DeFi lending have made a comeback, Galaxy noted

Forward Guidance’s Felix Jauvin noted that he’s bullish on both crypto and bitcoin on a “mean reversion basis”

This is the largest equity investment that Framework Ventures has ever made,” Framework’s Michael Anderson exclusively told Blockworks

The firm behind Helium announced that it reached a settlement with the SEC

SKALE’s Jack O’Holleran said that certain metrics are becoming more important to gauging the success of a project

Agora’s Nick van Eck says stablecoin adoption will ramp up after an education period

Agora’s Nick van Eck wants to break stablecoins into four categories to highlight differences

There are signs of cautious optimism in the crypto markets for now

Bitcoin’s managing to hold up, but a selloff could pave the way for an even more aggressive altcoin reaction

An altcoin season is looking less and less likely as the reciprocal tariffs loom

Plume co-founder Teddy Pornprinya told Blockworks that the mainnet launch is “imminent”

A new report from Centrifuge and Keyrock sets out the bull, bear and base cases for tokenized private credit and RWAs.

The network is at a “pivotal juncture,” Blockworks Research’s Marc-Thomas Arjoon said

Altcoin trade volume has returned to pre-FTX levels, but with a shrinking pool of market leaders

The platform also rolled out 13 tokenized funds for institutions on the Connect platform

Circle’s roadshow will be the real test for the stablecoin issuer

PitchBook’s Robert Le said crypto projects focused on institutional use cases are the focus